KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – A new low-income housing project will soon be under construction in the city of Kalamazoo. The project has being planned for eight years, and a groundbreaking ceremony was held Tuesday afternoon for Kalrecovery, which is specifically designed to provide housing and support to recovering substance abusers and their families.
Edison Community Partner’s Matt Hollander announced at the ceremony that the name was being changed from Kalrecovery to the William Schma House to honor the judge who created Kalamazoo County’s Drug Treatment Court in 1992.
Schma called it an honor for the apartment building to be named for him, saying that doesn’t normally happen until someone dies.
Governor Gretchen Whitmer spoke at the groundbreaking along with Michigan Department of Health and Human Services director Elizabeth Hertel, Michigan State Housing Development Authority CEO and executive director Amy Hovey, Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy director Phillip Roos, Kalamazoo County board of commissioners chair Jen Strebs, and Kalamazoo Mayor Dave Anderson.
The apartments will have 48 two and three-bedroom units, and Whitmer said the rent will be no more than one-third of the resident’s income.
The William Schma House will have on-site wraparound services to support people’s long-term recovery and housing stability.
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